LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Braywick
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—About 8.40 on the morning of the 8th of January.
1953, the motor vessel Braywick, of London, which had a crew of nine, wirelessed that she had broken down and needed a tug three miles north- east...
Silver Strand
Islay, Hebrides.—At 9.15 on the morn- ing of the 5th of May, 1957, the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that a yacht was ashore on the Black Rock in the Sound of Islay and needed help.
The life-boat Edward Z. Dresden, on...
Prince Ivanhoe (2)
Prince Ivanhoe THE PLEASURE STEAMER Prince Ivanhoe with a crew of 18 and 450 passengers was on a cruise from Minehead to the Welsh Coast on Monday August 3, 1981, when, at 1536. she struck anunderwater obstruction off Port...
The S.S. Corea
DEC. 8TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At about 11 P.M. a heavy explosion was heard, and the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 11.20 P.M. A N.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate swell. The life-boat found the S.S. Corea, of Goole,...
Peep Into The Past
Peep into the past Fascinating excerpts from the Lifeboat archives … 100 years ago The May 1907 Journal reported on experiments to improve life-belts and the early days of a new era in lifeboat crew kit: ‘The life-belt produced by the...
Category: Articles
I. E. Chase
On 30th January at 9 A.M., in consequence of a signal from the Hock Lighthouse, at the entrance of the Mersey, that a ship was in distress at the back the banks on "Square 43," the Lifeboat Willie and Arthur proceeded down the...
Panama Transport
At 7 A.M. on the 17th February a telephone message was received from Port Wrinkle stating that a large steamer was at anchor six and a half miles off the shore and flying signals of distress. A strong S.S.W. gale was blowing and the Life-...
My Pilot. (A Sailor's Hymn.)
THEBE'S a port beyond the sky-line, Though its lights I cannot see, But my Pilot's in the offing, And He's watching there for me.
Though my bark be old and batter'd, And is wanting many a spar, Yet He'll...
Category: Songs
Capwood
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 1.50 in the afternoon, on the 23rd of March, 1951, Sark sent a message that the motor boat Capwood, of Guernsey, had left Guernsey for Sark at 11.15 that morning with sixteen people, but had not arrived. At 2.15...
The Motor Boat, Celia
NOVEMBER 23RD. - ST. PETER PORT, GUERNSEY. At 7.10 at night a message was received from the signal station that anxiety was felt for the life-boat coxswain, who, with the bowman and five others, had left for Jethou at 12.20 that afternoon in...